A chemical lecture at the Surrey Institution. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after his drawing, 1809.
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
- Date:
- [c. 1810]
- Reference:
- 3i
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A gathering of thirty-five ladies and gentlemen in the lecture hall of the Surrey Institution (founded 1808). At the desk the lecturer, identified as F.C. Accum, conducts chemical experiments. On the platform to left, R. Ackermann rises from his seat in eager approval. The man between the columns on the right is identified by R. Burgess as H. Davy, and the man without a wig, seated against the balustrade at right, as Sir B. Thompson, Count von Rumford.
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[London] (James St., Adelphi) : Designed and published by T. Rowlandson, [c. 1810]
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1 print : etching, with watercolour
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Chemical lectures. Designed and published by T. Rowlandson
References note
R. Burgess, "Humphry Davy or Friedrich Accum: a question of identification", Medical History, 1972, vol. 16, pp. 290-293
J. Hayes, A catalogue of the watercolour drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, 1960, p. 18, no. 20, pl.11
M.D. George, British Museum catalogue of political and personal satires, 1947, vol.8, no. 11605
J. Grego, Rowlandson the caricaturist, London 1880, vol. 2, pp. 366 (dated "1820 (about)") and 419 (the drawing)
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Wellcome Collection 3i
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